White Home financial adviser Kevin Hassett offers a TV interview outdoors of the White Home in Washington, U.S., Could 9, 2025.
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Nationwide Financial Council director Kevin Hassett instructed on Sunday that President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping might have a dialog about commerce as quickly as this week.
Hassett stated, nonetheless, {that a} particular date for a dialog between the 2 leaders has not been set.
“President Trump, we anticipate, goes to have a beautiful dialog concerning the commerce negotiations this week with President Xi, that is our expectation,” Hassett stated on ABC Information’ “This Week.“
He adopted up by saying that he is undecided if it has been scheduled for a particular date, “but it surely has been mentioned that the 2 of them will discuss concerning the Geneva settlement, which we’re all very favorably inclined in the direction of.”
The “expectation is that each side have expressed a willingness to speak,” he added.
“I might wish to additionally add that individuals are speaking day-after-day,” Hassett stated, noting that U.S. Commerce Consultant Jamieson Greer’s group is speaking with their Chinese language counterparts “day-after-day making an attempt to maneuver the ball ahead on this matter.”
A dialogue between Trump and Xi would mark a serious step in negotiations between the 2 nations, weeks after leaders of each international locations met in Switzerland and reached a 90-day commerce deal.
However tensions escalated final week, after Trump accused China of violating its preliminary commerce settlement with the U.S.
“A lot for being Mr. NICE GUY!” Trump wrote in a social media publish.
Talking to reporters on Friday, Trump additionally stated that he anticipated he would possible converse to Xi concerning the allegations over the commerce settlement.
Different Trump administration officers have additionally criticized China in latest days over sluggish progress on commerce negotiations and instructed that future talks can be coming.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated Sunday that China was “simply slow-rolling the deal.”
“I feel slow-rolling is the best solution to say it, and I feel Donald Trump is on it,” Lutnick stated on “Fox Information Sunday.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated final week on Fox Information that commerce talks with China “are a bit stalled.”
“I imagine that we’ll be having extra talks with them within the subsequent few weeks,” he stated.
